# Does DELETE /\_all actually erase data from disk?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-delete-all-actually-erase-data-from-disk/255973>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [November 19, 2020, 11:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-delete-all-actually-erase-data-from-disk/255973 "2020-11-19T11:29:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![mahalabobis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/53a042/32.png) [@mahalabobis](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mahalabobis)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 11:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-delete-all-actually-erase-data-from-disk/255973/1 "2020-11-19T11:29:18Z")

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What does the below request mean?

```
curl -X DELETE http://elasticsearch:9200/_all

```

Does it erase data from disk? If not how can I achieve this?

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**Author:** ![DavidTurner](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/davidturner/32/22453_2.png) [@DavidTurner](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DavidTurner)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 12:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-delete-all-actually-erase-data-from-disk/255973/2 "2020-11-19T12:13:43Z")

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> [@mahalabobis](#):
>
> Does it erase data from disk?

Yes.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2020, 12:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-delete-all-actually-erase-data-from-disk/255973/3 "2020-12-17T12:13:46Z")

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Closed on December 17, 2020, 12:13pm UTC

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